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Animation vies with anomie; the human stick figures, casting no shadows, are dwarfed by bleak urban realities.

In the days and weeks following Thompson’s murder, it appeared as though people were finally having legitimate conversations about the bleak state of American healthcare.

She brings a touching sweetness to the character, and the rapport between Ms. Mullen and the excellent Mr. Hogan softens, to a degree, Beckett’s bleak vision of the humiliations of age.

It’s taking this approach even though its own economic outlook is bleak over the next two years.

Comcast is unloading the channels because it believes the mature outlets face a bleak future due to pay TV cord-cutting and are an albatross weighing down its stock price.